Definition of giddy in English:

giddy

adjectivegiddiest, giddier ˈɡɪdiˈɡɪdi

1Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy.
Luke felt almost giddy with relief
Example sentencesExamples
- I showed up giddy with anticipation, brimming with questions - and then I waited.
- She felt lightheaded, giddy, dizzy with ecstasy.
- That's a thought that makes a small-government conservative just giddy with anticipation, doesn't it?
- She was giddy with delight and has now fallen head over heels for his feline charms.
- Snow always made him nearly giddy with happiness.
- Sometimes it feels like I'm climbing Everest without Oxygen, I get so giddy with the words.
- Gwen now giddy with relief almost forgot about Keily.
- Despite the huge losses, he was giddy with victory.
- All-in-all the group of six was giddy with nervous anticipation.
- Feeling almost giddy with relief, Mary kept her head held high as she walked, not permitting herself to give into the feeling to look back as she went.
- By the time she reached the small brownstone apartment building she was giddy with cold and past the point of shivering.
- Yesterday afternoon he spent three hours up on her bed and the woman was absolutely giddy with delight.
- It's a mildly light-headed, giddy sensation that starts in the chest and spreads out through the body and along the limbs.
- They are giddy with jetlag and an unspecified number of rum swizzles (an evening ritual).
- Apparently the altitude makes you feel giddy with joy.
- When I finally let go, we sat down and talked, me almost giddy with delight.
- I was psyched as the page was downloading, giddy with anticipation.
- She flinched at this, and tried her best to conceal how giddy with shock she was.
- If you're feeling a little giddy with the possibilities awaiting you, no need to read any further - just click and go.
- I feel it come loose and, giddy with adrenaline, endorphins, and joy, I bring my hands up to my face and start threading the laces out of my eyelids, wincing when they scratch my eyes.
Synonyms
dizzy, light-headed, faint, weak, weak at the knees, unsteady, shaky, wobbly, off balance
reeling, staggering, tottering, teetering
informal woozy, with legs like jelly, with rubbery legs
rare vertiginous
1. 1.1 Disorientating and alarming, but exciting.
  her giddy rise to power
  Example sentencesExamples
  From the giddy heights of primary seven, 11 and 12-year-olds are suddenly minnows in the educational hierarchy.
  We will wait to see whether he ever rises to those giddy heights.
  There are obvious logistical problems involved in protesting outside such a facility, and it was clear from the outset that the protest was not going to reach the giddy heights of previous campaigns.
  Gazette reporters spoke to Wiltshire musicians who have reached that giddy height.
  In the meantime, I've discovered that the book has its own website, which I guess is a mark of it reaching the giddy heights of serious social commentary for the new millennium.
2. 1.2 Excitable and frivolous.
  Isobel's giddy young sister-in-law
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm giddy as a young girl in a field, and a little anxious.
  And a lot of these veterans that I have written about said it made a man out of me, or a young woman would say I went from being a giddy teenager to being a mature woman overnight.
  When we first see her, she is surrounded by roses and giddy with happiness.
  Even Alex's giddy sister turns out to be redeemable, and redemption is a very rare thing in political satire.
  I don't think he will appreciate us turning her into a giddy school girl with incoherent ramblings.
  I got two comments in, which I am still young enough to be kind of giddy about.
  It always made her feel giddy, though she did it nearly everyday it still excited her.
  He was always the thoughtless, giddy boy that did everything for himself.
  He was a charmingly giddy young man and upon hearing him laugh for the first time her heart skipped a beat, somewhat surprised.
  She seemed more giddy, ditzy and seemed entirely too comfortable with the current crowd of males she was attracting.
  We need to let our hearts get giddy with glee like kids ripping open pretty packages.
  She leaves the train at Lambeth North, giddy with laughter.
  Just as Christy was replacing the phone on the base, Carmen came tearing into the room, giddy as a young schoolgirl, and grabbed Christy's hand.
  She walked down the hallway of the third floor mildly giddy at the thought of Anna leading the attack.
  Insanely giddy, laughter filled the hall, rising nearly above the music.
  Despite her girlfriend's straight lased nature, she was a warm, giddy young girl under it all.
  On this occasion there are five girls, two giddy with alcohol, and two teenage lads building cannabis joints, looking cautious about my motives.
  There were sounds of joy in their voices, as they seemed to be giddy as young schoolgirls selling cookies.
  Queen Rosalind peered across the distance of the causeway towards the horizon with the giddy enthusiasm of a young maid about to receive a precious, long anticipated, gift.
  Will saw that the look on his brother's face was eager, almost giddy, like that of a young child's, it was most pathetic.
  Synonyms
  flighty, silly, frivolous, skittish, irresponsible, flippant, whimsical, capricious, light-minded, feather-brained, scatterbrained, scatty
  careless, thoughtless, heedless, carefree, insouciant
  informal dippy, dopey, batty, dotty, nutty
  British informal dappy
  North American informal ditzy

verbgiddied, giddies, giddying ˈɡɪdiˈɡɪdi

[with object]

Make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation.
Example sentencesExamples
- You should just sit back and enjoy it, but I feel slightly giddied by it.
- From here, the views are as giddying as you could possibly desire.
- Harry was always giddying me too - to loosen up, to see the bigger picture, to just be my total, fabulous, faerie self.
- The invasion was a blow which giddied my political consciousness.
- Huge aerial motorways sweep between giddying skyscrapers.

Phrases

my giddy aunt!

dated Used to express astonishment.

play the giddy goat

dated Behave in an irresponsible, silly, or playful way.
Example sentencesExamples
- He flirted like a butterfly, played the giddy goat and spoke his mind.
- My father is okay but tired, though he manages to play the giddy goat with his grandsons, who think he's really funny.
- I loved the mischief in him, the way he could play the giddy goat, his funny gossip.
- Dependable and prudent, he often yearns to play the giddy goat and do a comic turn, but he'll only do so with a partner who makes him feel safe.
- Her brother plays the giddy goat and is everything they told you not to be at school - a coward, a thief, a lazy fellow.
- Glassy-eyed school children playing the giddy goat in the corridors seem to concur with us: it is worthy but boring.
Synonyms
fool about, fool around, play the fool, act foolishly, act the clown, act the fool, act the goat, play about, play around, monkey about, monkey around, play tricks, indulge in horseplay, engage in high jinks

Derivatives

giddily

adverb ˈɡɪdɪliˈɡɪdəli

Newly and giddily in love, we were too stubborn to let the weather spoil our plans for the day.
Example sentencesExamples
- John laughed giddily and stood up to try and catch the snowflakes in his mouth.
- I have spent two days feeling giddily motivated and productive.
- She yelped giddily, jumping back towards James.
- The old woman giggled giddily, like a little girl.

Origin

Old English gidig 'insane', literally 'possessed by a god', from the base of God. Current senses date from late Middle English.

Rhymes

biddy, diddy, kiddie, middy, midi

Definition of giddy in US English:

giddy

adjectiveˈɡidēˈɡɪdi

1Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy.
Luke felt almost giddy with relief
I felt giddy and had to steady myself
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite the huge losses, he was giddy with victory.
- Sometimes it feels like I'm climbing Everest without Oxygen, I get so giddy with the words.
- Apparently the altitude makes you feel giddy with joy.
- I was psyched as the page was downloading, giddy with anticipation.
- Feeling almost giddy with relief, Mary kept her head held high as she walked, not permitting herself to give into the feeling to look back as she went.
- By the time she reached the small brownstone apartment building she was giddy with cold and past the point of shivering.
- That's a thought that makes a small-government conservative just giddy with anticipation, doesn't it?
- Gwen now giddy with relief almost forgot about Keily.
- Yesterday afternoon he spent three hours up on her bed and the woman was absolutely giddy with delight.
- When I finally let go, we sat down and talked, me almost giddy with delight.
- I feel it come loose and, giddy with adrenaline, endorphins, and joy, I bring my hands up to my face and start threading the laces out of my eyelids, wincing when they scratch my eyes.
- Snow always made him nearly giddy with happiness.
- She felt lightheaded, giddy, dizzy with ecstasy.
- If you're feeling a little giddy with the possibilities awaiting you, no need to read any further - just click and go.
- It's a mildly light-headed, giddy sensation that starts in the chest and spreads out through the body and along the limbs.
- I showed up giddy with anticipation, brimming with questions - and then I waited.
- She flinched at this, and tried her best to conceal how giddy with shock she was.
- She was giddy with delight and has now fallen head over heels for his feline charms.
- They are giddy with jetlag and an unspecified number of rum swizzles (an evening ritual).
- All-in-all the group of six was giddy with nervous anticipation.
Synonyms
dizzy, light-headed, faint, weak, weak at the knees, unsteady, shaky, wobbly, off balance
1. 1.1 Disorienting and alarming, but exciting.
  he has risen to the giddy heights of master
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the meantime, I've discovered that the book has its own website, which I guess is a mark of it reaching the giddy heights of serious social commentary for the new millennium.
  From the giddy heights of primary seven, 11 and 12-year-olds are suddenly minnows in the educational hierarchy.
  We will wait to see whether he ever rises to those giddy heights.
  There are obvious logistical problems involved in protesting outside such a facility, and it was clear from the outset that the protest was not going to reach the giddy heights of previous campaigns.
  Gazette reporters spoke to Wiltshire musicians who have reached that giddy height.
2. 1.2 Excitable and frivolous.
  her giddy young sister-in-law
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was always the thoughtless, giddy boy that did everything for himself.
  And a lot of these veterans that I have written about said it made a man out of me, or a young woman would say I went from being a giddy teenager to being a mature woman overnight.
  There were sounds of joy in their voices, as they seemed to be giddy as young schoolgirls selling cookies.
  Despite her girlfriend's straight lased nature, she was a warm, giddy young girl under it all.
  I'm giddy as a young girl in a field, and a little anxious.
  She leaves the train at Lambeth North, giddy with laughter.
  Just as Christy was replacing the phone on the base, Carmen came tearing into the room, giddy as a young schoolgirl, and grabbed Christy's hand.
  We need to let our hearts get giddy with glee like kids ripping open pretty packages.
  She walked down the hallway of the third floor mildly giddy at the thought of Anna leading the attack.
  He was a charmingly giddy young man and upon hearing him laugh for the first time her heart skipped a beat, somewhat surprised.
  I got two comments in, which I am still young enough to be kind of giddy about.
  She seemed more giddy, ditzy and seemed entirely too comfortable with the current crowd of males she was attracting.
  When we first see her, she is surrounded by roses and giddy with happiness.
  It always made her feel giddy, though she did it nearly everyday it still excited her.
  Insanely giddy, laughter filled the hall, rising nearly above the music.
  On this occasion there are five girls, two giddy with alcohol, and two teenage lads building cannabis joints, looking cautious about my motives.
  I don't think he will appreciate us turning her into a giddy school girl with incoherent ramblings.
  Even Alex's giddy sister turns out to be redeemable, and redemption is a very rare thing in political satire.
  Queen Rosalind peered across the distance of the causeway towards the horizon with the giddy enthusiasm of a young maid about to receive a precious, long anticipated, gift.
  Will saw that the look on his brother's face was eager, almost giddy, like that of a young child's, it was most pathetic.
  Synonyms
  flighty, silly, frivolous, skittish, irresponsible, flippant, whimsical, capricious, light-minded, feather-brained, scatterbrained, scatty

verbˈɡidēˈɡɪdi

[with object]

Make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation.
as adjective the giddying speed of the revolving doors
Example sentencesExamples
- Huge aerial motorways sweep between giddying skyscrapers.
- You should just sit back and enjoy it, but I feel slightly giddied by it.
- Harry was always giddying me too - to loosen up, to see the bigger picture, to just be my total, fabulous, faerie self.
- From here, the views are as giddying as you could possibly desire.
- The invasion was a blow which giddied my political consciousness.

Origin

Old English gidig ‘insane’, literally ‘possessed by a god’, from the base of God. Current senses date from late Middle English.

单词	giddy
释义	Definition of giddy in English: giddy adjectivegiddiest, giddier ˈɡɪdiˈɡɪdi 1Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy. Luke felt almost giddy with relief Example sentencesExamples I showed up giddy with anticipation, brimming with questions - and then I waited. She felt lightheaded, giddy, dizzy with ecstasy. That's a thought that makes a small-government conservative just giddy with anticipation, doesn't it? She was giddy with delight and has now fallen head over heels for his feline charms. Snow always made him nearly giddy with happiness. Sometimes it feels like I'm climbing Everest without Oxygen, I get so giddy with the words. Gwen now giddy with relief almost forgot about Keily. Despite the huge losses, he was giddy with victory. All-in-all the group of six was giddy with nervous anticipation. Feeling almost giddy with relief, Mary kept her head held high as she walked, not permitting herself to give into the feeling to look back as she went. By the time she reached the small brownstone apartment building she was giddy with cold and past the point of shivering. Yesterday afternoon he spent three hours up on her bed and the woman was absolutely giddy with delight. It's a mildly light-headed, giddy sensation that starts in the chest and spreads out through the body and along the limbs. They are giddy with jetlag and an unspecified number of rum swizzles (an evening ritual). Apparently the altitude makes you feel giddy with joy. When I finally let go, we sat down and talked, me almost giddy with delight. I was psyched as the page was downloading, giddy with anticipation. She flinched at this, and tried her best to conceal how giddy with shock she was. If you're feeling a little giddy with the possibilities awaiting you, no need to read any further - just click and go. I feel it come loose and, giddy with adrenaline, endorphins, and joy, I bring my hands up to my face and start threading the laces out of my eyelids, wincing when they scratch my eyes. Synonyms dizzy, light-headed, faint, weak, weak at the knees, unsteady, shaky, wobbly, off balance reeling, staggering, tottering, teetering informal woozy, with legs like jelly, with rubbery legs rare vertiginous 1.1 Disorientating and alarming, but exciting. her giddy rise to power Example sentencesExamples From the giddy heights of primary seven, 11 and 12-year-olds are suddenly minnows in the educational hierarchy. We will wait to see whether he ever rises to those giddy heights. There are obvious logistical problems involved in protesting outside such a facility, and it was clear from the outset that the protest was not going to reach the giddy heights of previous campaigns. Gazette reporters spoke to Wiltshire musicians who have reached that giddy height. In the meantime, I've discovered that the book has its own website, which I guess is a mark of it reaching the giddy heights of serious social commentary for the new millennium. 1.2 Excitable and frivolous. Isobel's giddy young sister-in-law Example sentencesExamples I'm giddy as a young girl in a field, and a little anxious. And a lot of these veterans that I have written about said it made a man out of me, or a young woman would say I went from being a giddy teenager to being a mature woman overnight. When we first see her, she is surrounded by roses and giddy with happiness. Even Alex's giddy sister turns out to be redeemable, and redemption is a very rare thing in political satire. I don't think he will appreciate us turning her into a giddy school girl with incoherent ramblings. I got two comments in, which I am still young enough to be kind of giddy about. It always made her feel giddy, though she did it nearly everyday it still excited her. He was always the thoughtless, giddy boy that did everything for himself. He was a charmingly giddy young man and upon hearing him laugh for the first time her heart skipped a beat, somewhat surprised. She seemed more giddy, ditzy and seemed entirely too comfortable with the current crowd of males she was attracting. We need to let our hearts get giddy with glee like kids ripping open pretty packages. She leaves the train at Lambeth North, giddy with laughter. Just as Christy was replacing the phone on the base, Carmen came tearing into the room, giddy as a young schoolgirl, and grabbed Christy's hand. She walked down the hallway of the third floor mildly giddy at the thought of Anna leading the attack. Insanely giddy, laughter filled the hall, rising nearly above the music. Despite her girlfriend's straight lased nature, she was a warm, giddy young girl under it all. On this occasion there are five girls, two giddy with alcohol, and two teenage lads building cannabis joints, looking cautious about my motives. There were sounds of joy in their voices, as they seemed to be giddy as young schoolgirls selling cookies. Queen Rosalind peered across the distance of the causeway towards the horizon with the giddy enthusiasm of a young maid about to receive a precious, long anticipated, gift. Will saw that the look on his brother's face was eager, almost giddy, like that of a young child's, it was most pathetic. Synonyms flighty, silly, frivolous, skittish, irresponsible, flippant, whimsical, capricious, light-minded, feather-brained, scatterbrained, scatty careless, thoughtless, heedless, carefree, insouciant informal dippy, dopey, batty, dotty, nutty British informal dappy North American informal ditzy verbgiddied, giddies, giddying ˈɡɪdiˈɡɪdi [with object] Make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation. Example sentencesExamples You should just sit back and enjoy it, but I feel slightly giddied by it. From here, the views are as giddying as you could possibly desire. Harry was always giddying me too - to loosen up, to see the bigger picture, to just be my total, fabulous, faerie self. The invasion was a blow which giddied my political consciousness. Huge aerial motorways sweep between giddying skyscrapers. Phrases my giddy aunt! dated Used to express astonishment. play the giddy goat dated Behave in an irresponsible, silly, or playful way. Example sentencesExamples He flirted like a butterfly, played the giddy goat and spoke his mind. My father is okay but tired, though he manages to play the giddy goat with his grandsons, who think he's really funny. I loved the mischief in him, the way he could play the giddy goat, his funny gossip. Dependable and prudent, he often yearns to play the giddy goat and do a comic turn, but he'll only do so with a partner who makes him feel safe. Her brother plays the giddy goat and is everything they told you not to be at school - a coward, a thief, a lazy fellow. Glassy-eyed school children playing the giddy goat in the corridors seem to concur with us: it is worthy but boring. Synonyms fool about, fool around, play the fool, act foolishly, act the clown, act the fool, act the goat, play about, play around, monkey about, monkey around, play tricks, indulge in horseplay, engage in high jinks Derivatives giddily adverb ˈɡɪdɪliˈɡɪdəli Newly and giddily in love, we were too stubborn to let the weather spoil our plans for the day. Example sentencesExamples John laughed giddily and stood up to try and catch the snowflakes in his mouth. I have spent two days feeling giddily motivated and productive. She yelped giddily, jumping back towards James. The old woman giggled giddily, like a little girl. Origin Old English gidig 'insane', literally 'possessed by a god', from the base of God. Current senses date from late Middle English. Rhymes biddy, diddy, kiddie, middy, midi adj.1 phr. Definition of giddy in US English: giddy adjectiveˈɡidēˈɡɪdi 1Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy. Luke felt almost giddy with relief I felt giddy and had to steady myself Example sentencesExamples Despite the huge losses, he was giddy with victory. Sometimes it feels like I'm climbing Everest without Oxygen, I get so giddy with the words. Apparently the altitude makes you feel giddy with joy. I was psyched as the page was downloading, giddy with anticipation. Feeling almost giddy with relief, Mary kept her head held high as she walked, not permitting herself to give into the feeling to look back as she went. By the time she reached the small brownstone apartment building she was giddy with cold and past the point of shivering. That's a thought that makes a small-government conservative just giddy with anticipation, doesn't it? Gwen now giddy with relief almost forgot about Keily. Yesterday afternoon he spent three hours up on her bed and the woman was absolutely giddy with delight. When I finally let go, we sat down and talked, me almost giddy with delight. I feel it come loose and, giddy with adrenaline, endorphins, and joy, I bring my hands up to my face and start threading the laces out of my eyelids, wincing when they scratch my eyes. Snow always made him nearly giddy with happiness. She felt lightheaded, giddy, dizzy with ecstasy. If you're feeling a little giddy with the possibilities awaiting you, no need to read any further - just click and go. It's a mildly light-headed, giddy sensation that starts in the chest and spreads out through the body and along the limbs. I showed up giddy with anticipation, brimming with questions - and then I waited. She flinched at this, and tried her best to conceal how giddy with shock she was. She was giddy with delight and has now fallen head over heels for his feline charms. They are giddy with jetlag and an unspecified number of rum swizzles (an evening ritual). All-in-all the group of six was giddy with nervous anticipation. Synonyms dizzy, light-headed, faint, weak, weak at the knees, unsteady, shaky, wobbly, off balance 1.1 Disorienting and alarming, but exciting. he has risen to the giddy heights of master Example sentencesExamples In the meantime, I've discovered that the book has its own website, which I guess is a mark of it reaching the giddy heights of serious social commentary for the new millennium. From the giddy heights of primary seven, 11 and 12-year-olds are suddenly minnows in the educational hierarchy. We will wait to see whether he ever rises to those giddy heights. There are obvious logistical problems involved in protesting outside such a facility, and it was clear from the outset that the protest was not going to reach the giddy heights of previous campaigns. Gazette reporters spoke to Wiltshire musicians who have reached that giddy height. 1.2 Excitable and frivolous. her giddy young sister-in-law Example sentencesExamples He was always the thoughtless, giddy boy that did everything for himself. And a lot of these veterans that I have written about said it made a man out of me, or a young woman would say I went from being a giddy teenager to being a mature woman overnight. There were sounds of joy in their voices, as they seemed to be giddy as young schoolgirls selling cookies. Despite her girlfriend's straight lased nature, she was a warm, giddy young girl under it all. I'm giddy as a young girl in a field, and a little anxious. She leaves the train at Lambeth North, giddy with laughter. Just as Christy was replacing the phone on the base, Carmen came tearing into the room, giddy as a young schoolgirl, and grabbed Christy's hand. We need to let our hearts get giddy with glee like kids ripping open pretty packages. She walked down the hallway of the third floor mildly giddy at the thought of Anna leading the attack. He was a charmingly giddy young man and upon hearing him laugh for the first time her heart skipped a beat, somewhat surprised. I got two comments in, which I am still young enough to be kind of giddy about. She seemed more giddy, ditzy and seemed entirely too comfortable with the current crowd of males she was attracting. When we first see her, she is surrounded by roses and giddy with happiness. It always made her feel giddy, though she did it nearly everyday it still excited her. Insanely giddy, laughter filled the hall, rising nearly above the music. On this occasion there are five girls, two giddy with alcohol, and two teenage lads building cannabis joints, looking cautious about my motives. I don't think he will appreciate us turning her into a giddy school girl with incoherent ramblings. Even Alex's giddy sister turns out to be redeemable, and redemption is a very rare thing in political satire. Queen Rosalind peered across the distance of the causeway towards the horizon with the giddy enthusiasm of a young maid about to receive a precious, long anticipated, gift. Will saw that the look on his brother's face was eager, almost giddy, like that of a young child's, it was most pathetic. Synonyms flighty, silly, frivolous, skittish, irresponsible, flippant, whimsical, capricious, light-minded, feather-brained, scatterbrained, scatty verbˈɡidēˈɡɪdi [with object] Make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation. as adjective the giddying speed of the revolving doors Example sentencesExamples Huge aerial motorways sweep between giddying skyscrapers. You should just sit back and enjoy it, but I feel slightly giddied by it. Harry was always giddying me too - to loosen up, to see the bigger picture, to just be my total, fabulous, faerie self. From here, the views are as giddying as you could possibly desire. The invasion was a blow which giddied my political consciousness. Origin Old English gidig ‘insane’, literally ‘possessed by a god’, from the base of God. Current senses date from late Middle English.
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